Barnes v. Bell

KNIGHT, Justice.

The bill in this cause was filed as a general creditors’ bill by E. J. Barnes and C. A. Goodwin, partners doing business under the name of C. A. Goodwin & Co., against Clemmie L. Bell, widow of the late Dr. A. W. Bell, and others.

The major purposes of the bill were for the appointment of a receiver, discovery of assets, and to subject certain insurance issued upon the life of Dr. Bell to the payment of complainants’ claims against the estate of said decedent, and to the payment of claims of such other creditors of Dr. Bell who were willing to join in the litigation.

The basic…